Day I Forgot

Day I Forgot
Studio album by Pete Yorn
Released	April 15, 2003 (2003-04-15)
Studio	Mesmer Proper Studios (Culver City, CA)
Genre	Rock
Length	52:15
Label	Columbia
Producer	Ken Andrews Pete Yorn R. Walt Vincent Scott Litt
Pete Yorn chronology
Musicforthemorningafter (2001) Day I Forgot (2003) Nightcrawler (2006)
Singles from Day I Forgot
"Come Back Home" Released: 2003 "Crystal Village" Released: 2003

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	58/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
Cokemachineglow	50% [4]
E!	C [5]
Entertainment Weekly	B– [6]
The Guardian	[7]
Now	[8]
Q	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Uncut	4/10 [11]

Day I Forgot is the second studio album by American musician Pete Yorn. It was released on April 15, 2003 via Columbia Records. Recording sessions took place at Mesmer Proper Studios in Culver City. Production was handled by R. Walt Vincent, Scott Litt, Ken Andrews and Pete Yorn himself, with Brad Wood serving as additional producer. The album peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 and number 48 on the Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 albums charts. It spawned two singles: "Come Back Home" and "Crystal Village".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Joseph Yorn.

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Pete Yorn R. Walt Vincent	0:47
2.	"Come Back Home"	Pete Yorn R. Walt Vincent	3:24
3.	"Crystal Village"	Pete Yorn R. Walt Vincent Scott Litt	3:46
4.	"Carlos (Don't Let It Go to Your Head)"	Pete Yorn R. Walt Vincent Scott Litt	3:29
5.	"Pass Me By"	Ken Andrews	3:51
6.	"Committed"	Pete Yorn R. Walt Vincent Brad Wood (add.)	3:29
7.	"Long Way Down"	Ken Andrews	3:38
8.	"When You See the Light"	Scott Litt	2:43
9.	"Turn of the Century"	Ken Andrews	3:03
10.	"Burrito"	Pete Yorn R. Walt Vincent	2:45
11.	"Man in Uniform"	Pete Yorn R. Walt Vincent	2:41
12.	"All at Once"	Pete Yorn R. Walt Vincent Scott Litt	4:04
13.	Untitled		0:04
14.	"So Much Work"	Pete Yorn R. Walt Vincent	4:47
15.	"The Making of Day I Forgot" (Video)		8:32
Total length:			52:15

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
15.	"Drive Away"	2:00
16.	"Seventeen"	3:38
17.	"Suspicious Minds"	3:41

Notes

• Track 13 doesn't appear in tracklisting.

Personnel

• Pete Yorn – lyrics, vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, Rhodes electric piano, bass, drums, percussion, hand played snare drum, producer
• Ken Andrews – backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, programming, producer, recording, mixing
• Brad Wood – backing vocals, electric guitar, percussion, additional programming, additional producer
• R. Walt Vincent – guitar, electric guitar, organ, Prophet V synthesizer, String Machine synthesizer, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Rhodes electric piano, bass, harmonica, beatbox, melodica, mellotron, xylophone, producer, recording, mixing
• Jeff Garber – slide guitar
• Charlotte Martin – piano
• Justin Meldal-Johnsen – upright bass
• Josh Freese – drums
• Tim Dow – drums
• Scott Litt – cowbell, glockenspiel, producer, mixing
• Peter Buck – mandolin
• Andy Wallace – mixing (tracks: 2, 5–7, 10, 11, 14)
• Josh Turner – additional engineering
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Brandy Flower – art direction
• Jim Wright – photography
• Luke Adams – photography
• Tim Devine – A&R

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [12]	48
US Billboard 200 [13]	18

References

1. "Critic Reviews for Day I Forgot - Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved January 13, 2025.
2. Vanderhoff, Mark. "Day I Forgot - Pete Yorn | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved January 13, 2025.
3. A whiz-bang jukebox of state-of-the-art West Coast scruff-rock. [May 2003, p.126]
4. Reid, Scott (April 20, 2003). "Pete Yorn - Day I Forgot (Columbia; 2003)". Cokemachineglow . Retrieved December 1, 2025.
5. "Pete Yorn - Day I Forgot". E! Online . April 22, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
6. There's nothing wrong with these 12 midtempo rock songs, but they mostly lack personality and distinctiveness. [18 Apr 2003, p.70]
7. Sweeting, Adam (August 29, 2003). "Pete Yorn: Day I Forgot". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved January 13, 2025.
8. Liss, Sarah (April 16, 2003). "NOW: Discs, Apr 16 - 22, 2003". NOW Toronto . Vol. 22, no. 33. Archived from the original on September 18, 2004. Retrieved September 18, 2004– via Wayback Machine.
9. The results are just wonderful. [Sep 2003, p.112]
10. Kot, Greg (May 1, 2003). "The Rolling Stone review » New CDs". Rolling Stone . No. 921. p. 52. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007. Retrieved November 24, 2007– via Wayback Machine.
11. He name-drops so many famous folks he's obviously banking on his connections. [Sep 2003, p.97]
12. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
13. "Pete Yorn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 13, 2025.

External links

• Pete Yorn – Day I Forgot at Discogs (list of releases)